My favorite bit of advice for management types comes from the Birmingham firm of Leitman Siegal Payne and Campbell. It's titled "Ten Rules on How to Fire an Employee--and Not Get Sued." I like a law firm that doesn't pussyfoot around. And you have to admire the sense of "underhanded honesty" that is inherent in that title. (You can read the document at the end of this post.)
We already have written about the utter cluelessness UAB's in-house counsel and HR types exhibited in my termination. Now we will go into more detail, looking at how both UAB and Infinity failed to take the simplest steps to avoid employment problems before they started.
In fact, we will show that both UAB and Infinity seemingly went out of their way to create problems where none existed. And we will grade these august organizations on each of the 10 rules. Trust me, it's going to get ugly.
(To be continued)
How to Fire an Employee--And Not Get Sued
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